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Family dinner plan: Kohlrabi
Our box this week from Mariquita Farms contained kohlrabi, a vegetable I had seen before at the farmer’s market, but had not tried myself. I was curious to give it a go, and Julia recommended peeling...
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Family Dinner Plan: First week of school
Time to get serious again. After taking the whole summer off from weekly meal planning, we are back to school this week which means back to a schedule. If I don’t do this, I spend valuable time during...
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Family Dinner Plan: Apples and recipes
From our Mariquita Farms and Happy Child CSA boxes, we have a lot of apples around our house these days, and since I am newly endowed with braces, I am not eating them out of hand as before. Besides...
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Family Dinner Plan: Winter favorites
With basketball season in full swing, and some days a double header, I am revisiting my weekly dinner plans to see if it will help me get a handle on what I consider to be excessive eating out by my...
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Family Dinner Plan: Spring?
Above, a photo from last week’s slow cooker dinner, Pot Roast. Winner. This week, I feel less like eating stews and soups. And I think this is mostly the fault of the weather. Warm temperatures here...
View ArticleFamily Dinner Plan: Slow cooker happiness
Another week, another plan. Last week’s highlight was the slow cooker posole on Thursday night. Winner. Used pork tenderloins and cooked all day and there was no way I thought that would do anything...
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Family Dinner Plan: St Patrick’s Day
Mariquita Farms had a mystery box pickup last week, and I am expecting a bag from Farmdoor this week. Lots of veggies, which is great as we are hosting a few friends and family for dinner this week....
View ArticleMy CSA Box: How to prepare for Thanksgiving
Our box from Fifth Crow Farms contained Rainbow chard, Baby spinach, “Blue Ballet” squash, Leeks, Carrots, Parsley, Red radishes, Green Cabbage and Cauliflower. There was an extra cauliflower in the...
View ArticleMy CSA Box: Fresh fish and more tomatoes
We picked up fresh halibut this weekend from Real Good Fish, as well as tomatoes from Mariquita Farms and our regular CSA box from Fifth Crow Farms. In our CSA box, we found Broccoli, Romano Green...
View ArticleMy CSA Box: Menu Plan #241
Ok, our new Fifth Crow Farms CSA box arrived today and I will post a menu plan on Sunday, but last week’s box is almost gone and I was pretty proud of how I used it, so let me share! In our CSA box...
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